Congo+Historical+Conflicts

=__**Historical Conflicts:**__=               
 * **King Leopold II, Belgium king, controlled Congo from 1885 to 1960. During that time millions were killed and treated very poorly.** In 1960, the Belgians left, restoring the rights back to the people of Congo. They also left Congo in a poor economic state.
 * **A few months later Lumumba, who had become head of state, was overthrown ,and was an ally for US and European Cold War.** The US did not really care about setting a stable and secure peace for the Country later. They were only concerned because there was Soviet Union influence in Africa.
 * **There was a civil war that lasted for nearly five years. Children at the age of seven were put in the war. They were given drugs and violent weapons to make them perfect killers.
 * **Poverty and fighting are a big conflict in Congo**.
 * **There are more than a million people living in refugee camps in Congo**.[[image:refugee_camps.jpg]]
 * **In 2001 Kabila was assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.[[image:kabila.jpg]]**
 * **In 2009 the military of Congolese and Rwandan created a joint operation to stop all of the rebel troops**.
 * **In 2009 the military of Congolese and Rwandan created a joint operation to stop all of the rebel troops**.